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• Film Commune organises traveling cinema in Rojava 

  The traveling cinema will last all summer.
• Millenary site destroyed for a 50-year lasting dam 

  Mehmet Uçar, spokesperson for the Culture and Arts Commission of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul Province Organization, wrote a play called ‘For Hasankeyf için' to create awareness about the imminent destruction of this historical site.
• Öcalan's writings presented at book fair in Aleppo 

  The Democratic Union Party (PYD) promoted a book fair to present the work of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in the neighborhood of Şêxmeqsûd in Aleppo.
• Herekol Book Fair opened in Qamishlo 

  The Herekol Book Fair promoted by Jazira Region Culture and Art Committee opened with the slogan “A reading society is a developing society".
• Your freedom and mine, an evening of poetry for Ocalan 

  Organised by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, an evening of poetry, music and film celebrating the resistance struggle of the Kurds.
• Youth Festival released video on struggle for the environment 

  The Internationalist Youth Festival Preparatory Committee released a video on the struggle for environment.
• Sixth Festival of Rojava Culture and Art underway in Qamishlo 

  The festival consists of plays, poetry, stories, lectures and seminars, exhibitions. This year the festival, organised by the West Kurdistan Intellectuals Union, is dedicated to Afrin.
• Your Freedom and Mine 

  Poetry, music, films and talks to celebrate Rojava and the resistance struggle of the Kurdish Freedom Movement is the proposal of Peace in Kurdistan Campaign.
• Youth Internationalist Festival held in Germany 

  The international youth festival to be held in the German city of Euskirchen is organized by the Internationalist Youth Alliance.
• Artist Zehra Doğan detained in Berlin during action for Hasankeyf 

  Artist and journalist Zehra Doğan and 3 French artists were detained while they were demonstrating for Hasankeyf at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
• Constitutional Court: Demolition of monument a violation 

  The Constitutional Court ruled that the demolition of the "Monument to Humanity" in Kars violated the right to freedom of expression of its author.
• Kurdish Culture Week underway in Brussels 

  Today is the third day of the Kurdish Culture Week in Brussels.
• 6th Kurdish Culture Week kicked off in Brussels 

  The 6th edition of the Kurdish Culture Week has begun in Brussels.
• Small Palace in Hasankeyf at risk of collapsing 

  The pressure created by heavy machinery in Hasankeyf has led to the risk of collapse of the so called "Small Palace".
• Kurdish Culture Week to be held in Brussels 

  Brussels is hosting the sixth edition of Kurdish Culture Week this year between 10 and 14 July.
• Kurdish theatre Şa Performance must live 

  Tuncay Özel, one of the founder of Şa Performance Kurdish theater, asked to newly elected mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu to support the company forced to close because of financial problems.
• Kurdish Culture and Art Festival ends in Rojhilat 

  Thousands of people attended the 4th Kurdish Culture and Art Festival in the city of Urmiye, in Rojhilat.
• Actions for Hasankeyf multiply 

  Several actions have been organised as part of the campaign 'It's not too late to save Hasankeyf'.
• 3,400-year-old Bronze Age palace emerged due to draughts 

  According to the archaeologists it is one of the most important recent finds in the region.
• Mesopotamia Democratic Culture and Art Movement Congress ended 

  The conference of the Mesopotamia Democratic Culture and Art Movement held at the Aram Tigran Cultural Center in Rimelan, ended after two days of meetings and panels.
• TEV-ÇAND held 6th Conference in Rimelan 

  Rojava Culture and Art Movement TEV-ÇAND is holding its 6th conference at the Aram Tigran Cultural Center in Rimelan. 
• The Hidden Cross: Documentary about the Armenians in Amed 

  A documentary about survivors of the Armenian genocide who had to convert to Islam was shot in Amed. ANF talked to the directors.
• Hohenems Literature Prize awarded to Kurdish writer 

  The Hohenems Literature Prize, awarded to migrant writers whose native language is not German, was won by Kurdish writer Karoş Taha.
• Kurdish PEN Congress held in Oldenburg 

  The international Kurdish PEN held its three-day long 10th congress in Oldenburg.
• Kurdish Pen goes to Congress in Germany 

  The congress of the International Kurdish Writers' Association began in Oldenburg.